Cardiovascular responses to stress and arousal: hypothalamic and brainstem mechanisms

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/570912

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Stressful episodes in everyday life cause increases in blood pressure, mainly via activation of nerves that constrict blood vessels and increase heart rate. This in turn increases the risk of heart attacks, strokes, or other cardiovascular diseases. This project aims to identify the brain mechanisms that cause these stress-evoked effects. This knowledge may lead to much more effective ways of minimising stress-evoked responses, and thus reduce the risk of cardiovascular disorders.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 01-01-2012

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $566,468.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical bacteriology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

acute stress | cardiovascular diseases | hypertension | hypothalamus | panic disorder | serotonin | stress | sympathetic nervous system

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